Saturday, July 23, 2011

Romney included on Ames Straw Poll. Perry and Palin are not

The official ballot for the Iowa straw poll will list nine names, including three declared candidates who have decided to not compete in the Aug. 13 event: Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich.

It will exclude two candidates who are merely flirting with a bid: Rick Perry and Sarah Palin, the Republican Party of Iowa’s state central committee decided today.
The committee talked about reasons to include popular Republicans who have been urged to run but have declared they won’t, such as Chris Christie and Rand Paul. In the end, those Republicans weren’t included.

Neither were many lesser-known declared candidates, such as Gary Johnson, Fred Karger and Buddy Roemer.
CraigS

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19 comments:

If Mitt Romney loses the primary, I'm voting for Buddy Roemer. I have no idea where he stands on any issues, but I love the idea of having a president named Buddy. I can just connect with a guy like that.